Previous Farenthold Endowed Lecture Events
The Bernard and Audre Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice is pleased to announce The Frances Tarlton “Sissy” Farenthold Endowed Lecture Series in Peace, Social Justice and Human Rights, which will honor Sissy for her relentless pursuit of social justice. We are also delighted that Houston’s Rothko Chapel, where Sissy served as chair of the board for many years, will host the lecture at the Chapel in alternating years.
In line with Sissy’s own history of exposing and responding to injustices and inequality as both a public servant and citizen, the lecture series will bring to Austin and Houston internationally renowned scholars, activists and politicians who will inspire their audiences to think and act creatively to respond to some of the greatest challenges of the 21st century.
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Arundhati Roy: “Fascism, Fiction, and Freedom in the Time of the Virus”
Speaker:- Arundhati Roy Author and Political Activist
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Charles M. Blow: “Is this really a racial reckoning?”
Speaker:- Charles M. Blow New York Times Op-Ed Columnist, Author of "Fire Shut Up in My Bones"
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Meanwhile: Making Abolition Geographies
Speaker:- Ruth Wilson Gilmore Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences, American Studies; Director of the Center for Place, Culture, and Politics at The Graduate Center of the City University of New York
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Fourth Annual Frances Tarlton “Sissy” Farenthold Endowed Lecture Series in Peace, Social Justice and Human Rights
Speaker:- Elizabeth Yeampierre Executive Director, UPROSE and Co-Chair, Climate Justice Alliance
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Immigration and the Future of American Families
Speaker:- Ai-jen Poo National Domestic Workers Alliance, Caring Across Generations
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Yes Justice, Yes Peace: The Role of Art in Confronting Inequality
Speaker:- Darren Walker President, Ford Foundation
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Spiraling Down: Human Rights, Endless War
Speaker:- Mark Danner Chancellor’s Professor of English and Journalism, UC Berkeley and James Clarke Chace Professor of Foreign Affairs and Humanities, Bard College